Sentences with phrase «corrosive than conventional oil»
Not exact matches
Bitumen is more corrosive on pipelines and it is more toxic and more difficult to clean up than conventional oil.
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Jeannie Layson, PHMSA's director of governmental, international and public affairs, said the agency is also reviewing the document and has commissioned the National Academy of Sciences to study whether dilbit is more corrosive to pipelines than conventional crude oil.
Environmentalists have expressed concerns about the impact of developing the oil sands and say the crude is more corrosive to pipelines than conventional oil.
Both were shocked during yesterday's testimony by TransCanada (the company who wants to build the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline across the US) officials who said, «Diluted bitumen [tar sands oil] is not any more corrosive than conventional crude.